An official inspects part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Authorities said two people not employed by the railroad were killed in the incident. The victims were Elizabeth Conway Nass, a student at James Madison University in Virginia, and Rose Louese Mayr, who attended the University of Delaware, according to Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. They were both 19 years old. Police did not immediately say what the women were doing on the tracks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
An official inspects part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Authorities said two people not employed by the railroad were killed in the incident. The victims were Elizabeth Conway Nass, a student at James Madison University in Virginia, and Rose Louese Mayr, who attended the University of Delaware, according to Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. They were both 19 years old. Police did not immediately say what the women were doing on the tracks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Alaina Carnan of Lexington, Ky., works in the Senate campaign office of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Chesterfield, Mo. Akin has come under pressure to abandon his Senate compaign after his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape". (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Scaffolding surrounds the statue of Christopher Columbus, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in New York's Columbus circle. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi is constructing ?Discovering Columbus,? a contemporary living room around a statue of Columbus as a way to intimately engage the public with the iconic figure which looms six stories above a busy intersection of mid-Manhattan. But some Italian-Americans say the art project makes a mockery of the great explorer and trivializes history. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. A CAMPAIGN TACTIC FOR DEMOCRATS: QUOTE TODD AKIN
As the Missouri congressman defies his party by staying in the Senate race, his comments on rape and pregnancy are being used against Republicans running elsewhere.
2. WHERE U.S. TROOPS KEEP DYING, LARGELY UNNOTICED
AP's Deb Riechmann explores why Americans pay more attention to political ad wars than the Afghanistan war.
3. AP POLL SHOWS A TIGHT RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
After the addition of Ryan to the GOP ticket, Romney and Obama remain closely matched.
4. WHY A TRAIN JUMPED THE TRACKS
Investigators are looking for answers and exploring whether two women killed in the derailment played a role.
5. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC HAS REPUBLICANS WORRIED
After hitting hurricane strength it could target Tampa, right when the GOP holds its convention there.
6. WHAT'S GETTING ATTENTION IN AIR RACE DISASTER PROBE
Loose screws in a World War II-era fighter's tail may have caused the crash that killed 11 last year.
7. CURIOSITY PREPPING FOR FIRST MARS TEST DRIVE
No parallel parking, but the rover will travel 10 feet, turn, back up, and finish to the left of its starting spot.
8. THE SWITCH IN NATALIE WOOD'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
Three decades later, the cause has been amended to "drowning and other undetermined factors," instead of accidental drowning.
9. COLUMBUS GETS A ROOM, BUT NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE PLACE
A Japanese artist is building a living room around a New York statue of the great explorer, and some Italian-Americans say that's disrespectful.
10. A WINNING HAND FOR THE PUSH TO LEGALIZE INTERNET POKER IN THE U.S.
It's a game of skill, not chance, according to a federal judge in New York.
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